There are things that need to be leaked, things like evidence of crimes. Wikileaks does have an important role here
However I don't think the publishing of the diplomatic correspondance helps anybody decent. It doesn't contain any pressing information that I know about - and just hurts international diplomacy. Frank apprasials of anyone are going to hurt feelings. It's hard enough to talk some sense into Kin Jong Il and his clown posse without them being in a snit about being called a bunch of clowns. It'd also be a disaster if diplomats starting couching all their internal communications in mealy mouthed doubletalk. Accurate and clear information is a must for every government.
However I don't think the publishing of the diplomatic correspondance helps anybody decent. It doesn't contain any pressing information that I know about - and just hurts international diplomacy. Frank apprasials of anyone are going to hurt feelings. It's hard enough to talk some sense into Kin Jong Il and his clown posse without them being in a snit about being called a bunch of clowns. It'd also be a disaster if diplomats starting couching all their internal communications in mealy mouthed doubletalk. Accurate and clear information is a must for every government.